tez

See also: TEZ, też, téż, též, and тез

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic	тез
Roman	tez
Perso-Arabic	تئز‎

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tēŕ-. Cognate with Crimean Tatar tez, Kazakh тез (tez), Tatar тиз (tiz), Uzbek tez, Chuvash тар (tar, “to run away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtez/

Adjective

tez (comparative daha tez, superlative ən tez)

1. quick, fast

   tez olmaq ― to hurry, to be quick

   Tez ol, gecikirik! ― Be quick, we are late!

   Synonyms: cəld, iti

   Antonym: yavaş

Adverb

tez

1. quickly

   Vaxt tez keçir ― Time passes quickly

   Antonyms: gec, yavaş, yavaş-yavaş

2. too early, premature
   • 2014 September 11, “Aydın Mirzəzadə: “Hələ tezdir””, in Ann.az‎^[1]:

     Çox təəssüf ki, Ukrayna böhranının sona çatdığından danışmaq hələ tezdir

     Unfortunately, it is still premature to talk about Ukraine coming out of the crisis.

   Bunu etmək hələ tezdir, gözləyək ― It's still too early to do this, let's wait

   Antonym: gec

3. early

   Səhər tezdən evdən çıxmaq ― To leave [home] early in the morning

   Synonym: səhər-səhər (early in the morning)

   Antonym: gec

Derived terms

• tezbazar (“quickly”)
• tezliklə (“soon”)
• tez-tez (“often”)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Maybe from Latin aptus. Cognate with Spanish tez.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈteʃ/
• Hyphenation: tez

Noun

tez f (plural tezes)

1. complexion (appearance of the skin on the face)

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Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old Spanish aptez, from Latin aptus (“healthy, robust”).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈteθ/, [ˈt̪eθ]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈtes/, [ˈt̪es]
• Hyphenation: tez
• Homophones: tes, tés (non-Castilian)

Noun

tez f (plural teces)

1. complexion

Synonyms

• semblante, aspecto

Further reading

• “tez” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Tatar

Noun

tez

1. knee

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Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tēŕ-.

Adjective

tez

1. quick, fast

Adverb

tez

1. quickly, fast